Zombie Cannibal Asylum

£49.95

(42 customer reviews)

Add intrigue to your next party with this murder mystery game, set during the zombie apocalypse.

Format:
Mystery Party Kit
Setting:
A post-apocalyptic asylum
Time:
90+ minutes
Ages:
Adult / Teen
Players:
10-32 (Standard Game)
33-100+ (Expanded Game)
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42 reviews for Zombie Cannibal Asylum

  1. Absolute success!!!!


    Headline : Creepiest show in town

    Nickname : Absolute success!!!!

    Menu Highlights : The food was awesome platters worked best I found as people were too busy to sit and eat

    Theme Highlights : Involved everyone I knew that could help with props

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    A St John end of year party I organised. It was my second murder mystery I had organised and loved it!!

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  2. Nancy


    Headline : Spooktacular Fun!

    Nickname : Nancy

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    Theme Highlights : Two laboratories were set up for the participants- they started in one and ended in the second.

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    Teens at the Byron Public Library had a spooktacular time at the zombie murder mystery! The annual mystery event is the teen department’s biggest program of the year. In fact, the Illinois Library Association featured the group pic on their social media accounts.

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  3. MysteryMom


    Headline : Fantastically & Frightfully FUN!

    Nickname : MysteryMom

    Menu Highlights : A buffet of delicious soups, charcuterie boards with meats, cheeses, crackers, breads, veggie trays in the shape of a skeleton, Red-Blood Punch with Dry ice, and a variety of delicious desserts.

    Theme Highlights : The entire basement floor was covered with paper in a dungeon-tomb like design. There were floating candles from the ceiling, spooky "heads" (masks) lining the book shelves, skeletons sitting on couches and chairs, and various glass containers filled with scientific fluids and equipment.

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    The Zombie Mystery party was a total success? We had 25 people attend and served a buffet-type dinner of Zuppa Toscana, Taco Soup, and Pumpkin Soup with bread, rolls, charcuterie boards, veggie trays, and plenty of desserts. The decor was spooky and completely set the scene for a fun filled evening. The narrator of the party added in a few second-death murders and resurrections of zombies just to add to the excitement and include everyone. The main murder occurred after dinner and the sleuthing began. It was a fantastically fun evening right before Halloween.

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  4. Officgirl


    Headline : Halloween zombie themed murder mystery escape room

    Nickname : Officgirl

    Menu Highlights : Bloody gluten-y intestines Zombie roadkill patties T-virus zombie punch DTA-7 serum punch Zombie infected serum Infected zombie blood Experimental serums Breaded zombie children's bones Petrified lab pigs Zombie sugar high Baby zombie eyes Chewy spare human parts

    Theme Highlights : We did a full decoration using the house as act one and the attached garage as act 2. We also make it into an escape game where you had to find the code to get into the lab to bring the zombies in there for act 2.

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    Zombie Cannibal Asylum was awesome.

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  5. T Stanton


    Headline : Night of Suspense and Laughter

    Nickname : T Stanton

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    We had a fun time with Zombie Cannibal Asylum! We had a Pumpkin Carving/Murder Mystery Party, it was our first Murder Mystery attempt, and it went over pretty smoothly, and we are excited to do another this year!!

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  6. Best Birthday Party Bash!


    Headline : Impressed by my friend's commitment to their roles

    Nickname : Best Birthday Party Bash!

    Menu Highlights : We had meatballs that we used to "keep away the zombies" haha. Everything else was optional!

    Theme Highlights : We did not have a huge variety of decorations, but everyone came dressed up in their costumes, and we had some good zombie makeup!

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    We had so much fun! We got 13 people involved, and I was truly impressed at my actor friend’s ability to be in character, and for the murderer to keep the secret! I highly recommend inviting friends who know how to stay in character (I’m certainly not the best at it ha!) We had one of the zombies in act 2 take some creative control over the character as well. So fun!

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  7. KiraW


    Headline : Such a hit!

    Nickname : KiraW

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    We played the Zombie Canibal Asylum party for a work function (mental health professionals lol) and it was a huge hit! Not too much work to set up, and didn’t require any practicing for implemtation. Most people wore costumes which made it so great, and I used play medical supplies for props which people also enjoyed. We ended up only having 10 people attend, but I loved that you can have 30+ people as well! Would definitely recommend.

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  8. Jacqui


    Headline : (Sweet) Vaccine 16

    Nickname : Jacqui

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    Theme Highlights : We had a lot of creepy laboratory Halloween decorations that we put up, along with a microscope and some chemistry set items. We used grey streamers to section off some of the lab for the undead inmate holding cells.

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    We did this as a (Sweet) Vaccine 16 party. It was a lot of fun. We had 3 people guess the killer out of 15.

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  9. Tracey


    Headline : Fun but...

    Nickname : Tracey

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    Theme Highlights : Borrow lab gear from a local research centre & converted garage to a lab

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    It went ok but the instructions around transition between Act 1 and 2 were confusing and seemed contradictory in parts. It meant the murder discovery went awry for us.

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  10. Julia Glauer-Guinn


    Headline : Haven't laughed like that in a long time!

    Nickname : Julia Glauer-Guinn

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    Theme Highlights : Mia, the chef had kitchen and food props in our virtual murder myster. She had gingerbread cookies as human treats she made for zombies. A 5lb bag of flour with skull and cross bone label. A set of butcher knives when someone ruffled her feathers.

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    Zombie Cannibal Asylum – we played this as a virtual murder mystery. It does require some pre-planning on the part of the narrator/organizer. You will need to read through the manual and distribute the character info to each player. I scanned & emailed and labeled documents by the scene or DO NOT OPEN. Your pre-planning will pay off. The game went fairly smooth.

    ACT I in virutal setting is primarily an introduction of your character so everyone knows your roll at Penderghast Asylum.

    ACT II is primarily interrogations. Because there is no real script for interrogations, your characters must be animated and have a great imagination. A few times I had to remind them of the evidence to get them to continue interrogating based on evidence. Since this was virtual and there was not a scavenger hunt, I made pdf of internet pictures of the evidence and assigned the evidence to a character who shared what they found and where. We laughed all through the game.

    I will say that 8 players are required and up to 32 can play, but zombies are not part of your required eight. It is better if you have at least 3-4 zombies. We only had one. She was great, but more would have helped make interrogations a bit more comical. Dressing in character also will make your party so much more fun. Everyone text me and thanked me for a great evening of laughing and murder mystery. It was a success.

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  11. Porter


    Headline : Fun game!

    Nickname : Porter

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    Did not do this game, but did another game online that was for doing video conferencing games and that was great!

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  12. Amber


    Headline : Great dinner party!

    Nickname : Amber

    Menu Highlights : We had barbecue made to look like the body parts of a person

    Theme Highlights : Decorated the house like an asylum and dimmed the lights

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    Everyone had a great time! Storyline was pretty easy to follow and all my guests did a great job of getting into character.

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  13. Anthony V


    Headline : Awesome,exciting, fantastic Game

    Nickname : Anthony V

    Menu Highlights : Apps: Bruschetta, Bacon Wrapped shrimp Entree: Tuscan chicken over white rice, Asparagus topped with melted Mozzarella, garlic bread Desserts: cheesecake, tiramisu, Chocolate covered Strawberries

    Theme Highlights : My basement was transformed into the asylum/laboratory and kitchen was dining hall

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    The game was awesome my guest enjoyed their characters and the story was easy to follow.

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  14. brainnnnss


    Headline : Zombies like brain cake

    Nickname : brainnnnss

    Menu Highlights : We made a lasagna, salad, and charcuterie board for dinner and finished it off with a brain cake!

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    We had an amazing time! We were celebrating 2 birthdays and Halloween so we had a rather large group (about 25 people) but everyone was engaged throughout. The zombies were the highlight of the show when they took on their character and gave their account of what went down.

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  15. Paola Rebelo


    Headline : Played It on a Halloween party

    Nickname : Paola Rebelo

    Menu Highlights : We didn't do anything special for the menu, just regular Halloween treats

    Theme Highlights : Regular Halloween stuff with a little bit more blood.

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    I’m from Brazil, and none of my friends knew what a Murder Mystery Game was. Some of them also don’t speak english, so I had to translate the whole game, but it was worth the trouble. We didn’t dress up as the characters because it was a regular Halloween party, but everyone got in character really well. The game isn’t difficult, but my folks had a hard time resolving it, probably because we were playing with 24 people. The characters are really fun, especially the zombies, and I loved the part that they’re interviewed. We are planning in buying more games like this, everyone loved It.

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  16. Juud


    Headline : Good story but some holes in the delivery

    Nickname : Juud

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    Theme Highlights : We made a hanging body out of plastic bag! And for the scavenger part of it, we made it into an escape room so that it will be more difficult. The clues found in the scavenger hunt were originally just pieces of paper, but I made them into real life props.

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    It was a lot of fun setting up for this murder mystery. This is the first time I’ve used this company and I liked the creativity of the story line. HOWEVER, I didn’t find that the narrative translated smoothly into the main event. I actually went over every characters instructions and added more details to it so that they would be able to obtain more information in act 2. For some of the characters, they were instructed to do nothing for act 1, and I thought that that wouldn’t be fun for them and hence i changed it up a bit.

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  17. Katie


    Headline : So much fun!

    Nickname : Katie

    Menu Highlights : Hot dogs cut to look like fingers

    Theme Highlights : I ordered iv bags from amazon and put red koolaid in for the zombies to drink blood out of

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    We did Zombie Cannibal Asylum as our first ever murder mystery party. It was so easy to put together and everyone had a blast! So so so much fun that our friends insist we make it a yearly party!

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  18. Laura Guerin Lovett


    Headline : Zombie Delight!

    Nickname : Laura Guerin Lovett

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    We turned our house into a mad scientist lab for the Zombie Cannibal Asylum! We curtained off our living room from the rest of the house and this is where all the main events took place. Everyone really got into character and it was great! Instead of just doing a scavenger hunt for the clues, we created an escape room to find the clues. We had 14 people and separated the group into two. Each group had a turn to do the escape room and find the clues. It was fun because it was kinda a competition between the groups.

    I accidentally, missed a middle portion of the nights story line. I wish I had prepared index cards in advance of what to do and when, because when the event started I didn’t have anything highlighted in the packet and missed a pretty big part. It ended up working out none the less and we all had a blast! Everyone kept saying how much fun they had! I hope to do another one! I think I learned a lot the first time around of how to run it more smoothly.

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  19. rocz63


    Headline : Great game and Fabulous Price

    Nickname : rocz63

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    We had a shortened version of this party at our office. They LOVED it! It was close to Halloween, so tied into a theme well. My group really embraced this, they dressed up and acted. It was a great opportunity for people to really get into the story. Easy to follow directions, allowed us to adjust the length as needed. Everything you need is included. Great game, easy to use, and a great price!!!!

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  20. Shorooq


    Headline : Excellent game and night by all means!!!

    Nickname : Shorooq

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    Even though this was my very first experience at hosting a murder mystery night, and despite how slow I went while trying to remember what should I do next, it was an excellent game!

    I played the role of the narrator and all my 13 guests came with perfectly made costumes and roles.

    It was easy to follow instructions, I made little cutouts of everything to remind myself of the script. Though I wasted some time trying to handle everything on my own specially that I planned the game in 2 seperate rooms.

    I made this extra special by gifting the winner of the best costume a dinner for 2. They worked very well on their costumes!

    I only think that the roles of the optional characters should be involved more in the game specially when people run out of things to talk about or do.

    Overall, the decoration, dinner and the murder were to remember and I can’t wait to purchase another game!

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  21. Kerri Ann


    Headline : Zombie Insane Asylum

    Nickname : Kerri Ann

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    We are a Singles group and we had a great time with this!!!

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  22. Nancy- Teen Librarian


    Headline : Murder Mystery at Ella Johnson Library

    Nickname : Nancy- Teen Librarian

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    The library’s first murder mystery event was a success with over 20 teens coming in costume for the event! A pizza dinner was served between acts and they worked hard at figuring out all the clues by staying in character and talking to others. It proved to be the biggest teen event of the year at the library.

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  23. Diana D.


    Headline : Zombie Cannibal Asylum

    Nickname : Diana D.

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    It was my husband’s 50 bday. He is a huge fan of the Walking Dead and how perfect was this murder mystery!
    We had tons of fun, some of my guest came in Zombie Character and some came with lab coats made it even better. The best part was watching them re-cap the night and trying to figure out who the murderer was. LOL
    This was absolutely the best party we have thrown!

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  24. Bob


    Headline : Birthday party

    Nickname : Bob

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    My friends are kinda obsessed with zombies and zombie related games. They loved this. I hosted for my friend’s birthday party and everyone had a blast. 9/10 would play again.

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  25. Serina B


    Headline : Short Staffed at the Zombie Asylum

    Nickname : Serina B

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    Serina’s 16th birthday party was a blast, or rather a stabbing.
    Everything went rather well, I was the host (Serina’s father) but I had never hosted a party like that before. The instructions were great and clear on what needed to be done and where. I could of made it run a bit smoother if I had not kept loosing my paperwork and just been a little more organised. Next advent will be a lot better. Everyone wanted to be a zombie so I needed to invite more people for staff members. Character selection would of been better if they were given and not chosen. All worked out in the end though. Totalling up votes for awards was the hardest and a program like an excel sheet written for this would be handy.
    All in all everyone had a good time so well done to the writer.

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  26. Tommy Mitchell


    Headline : Zombie Appocalypse Asylum

    Nickname : Tommy Mitchell

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    We hosted our murder as a Halloween party and it turned out awesome. Was my first murder party so I wasn’t sure what to expect. The manual was incredibly detailed and guided me through the whole process. I didn’t push the guests to be theater majors but did email them encouragement prior to the event. They blew me away with their costumes and how they "developed" their characters. Small things make a big difference. We had psychiatric patients as zombies and several of the guests did a great job acting out their compulsions and phsycotic issues. Everyone had a great time, claiming it was best Halloween party ever!

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  27. Kristin


    Headline : Double Birthday Apocalypse!

    Nickname : Kristin

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    I’ve wanted to do a murder mystery for a long time. My parents did these parties back before they had kids so I’ve heard great stories, but had yet to do one myself. I love anything zombie related so I searched for an apocalypse themed murder mystery. I had it narrowed down to two different companies and actually another reviewer on this site sold me on this one. So thanks Greg!
    It was my 32nd and a buddy’s 30th. After doing some initial probing to see who would be interested, one of my friends offered to be the host since I wanted to play a character. It worked out great and with the "how to print" section I was able to get things organized on my end without seeing anything crucial to the mystery.
    The party itself went amazingly smooth! Everyone really got into it, going all out with costumes and character development.
    The kit is straightforward and very easy to setup a great time with! I can’t wait to do my next party, and neither can anyone else!
    Probably the best part of the night was when my host was describing the scene after the murder, the characters involved, without being asked or prompted, immediately began improving what she was describing, much to the amusement of everyone!
    One thing I would recommend is there is a handout called "life after the zombie apocalypse" that you’re instructed to hand out shortly after the beginning of the party. Both my host and I thought the party would have gone smoother had we given that out ahead of time with their character sheet. It sets the scene and is very similar to your hosts opening speech. Everyone was revved up and in character as our host finished her speech and then broke for a bit as the handout was passed around. Especially as we had a bigger group of 26, it would have been smoother to just get right into it. Minute detail.

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  28. Sue


    Headline : Zombie Asylum

    Nickname : Sue

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    We were at girl scout camp the weekend before Halloween and wanted the girls to have a great experience so decided to try out a murder mystery. The girls loved it they were all around 12 give or take a year and they really got into playing and exaggerating their roles. Next trip they want to try another one! we had 22 people play and it was great!

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  29. Cecily Delatorres


    Headline : ZOMBIE CANNIBAL ASYLUM

    Nickname : Cecily Delatorres

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    It was a Halloween celebration, there was about 20 people in attendance. The dinner party went so smoothly, everyone stayed in character until the dinner party ended. It was so fun!

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  30. Kayla


    Headline : Zombie Asylum fun!

    Nickname : Kayla

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    My partner suggested having a murder mystery party 2 weeks before my birthday. It was tight to do all the organising but more than enough people came and it was super fun! The kit is very involved and there is a fair bit of organising to do before hand, but I really love that stuff.
    My friends really got in to the characters with costumes and even accents.

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There are 32 primary suspects in this mystery, however only 10 are required to play the game. The host or hostess will play the role of the narrator and run the game. Read the "How To Play" section for more information on how to play an expanded game with more than 32 guests.


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Human Male Roles


  • Dr. Abraham Weiler: A renowned biologist and psychologist, Dr. Weiler is actually something of a mad scientist.

  • Dr. Gerald Featherton: Dr. Featherton is Dr. Weiler’s research assistant.

  • Dr. Mordecai Fern: Dr. Fern is one of the founding staff members of the asylum, originally hired by Dr. Penderghast years ago.

  • Jeremiah Marsh: Jeremiah is one of the orderlies, responsible for maintaining security and keeping the patients and staff safe from themselves and each other.

  • *William Worth: William Worth (“Old Willy” to most of the staff) is the groundskeeper and janitor of the asylum.

  • *Morgan Byers: Morgan is another orderly, generally tasked with escorting inmates to and from Dr. Weiler’s lab.

  • *Alex Johnson: Alex is the third orderly. He is a large, quiet man whose soft voice and easy smile belie his scarred and fierce exterior.

Human Female Roles


  • Dr. Erica Orville: Dr. Orville is Dr. Weiler’s second research assistant.

  • Delilah Morrison: Head Nurse Morrison is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day maintenance of the ward.

  • Eliza Satchet: Nurse Satchet is one of several original staff members who continue to work under Dr. Weiler.

  • Mia Chekov: Mia is the Penderghast cook, a position that has become particularly unenviable given the rather bizarre new dietary requirements of the inmates.

  • *Deanna Mason: Deanna assists Old Willy in the upkeep of the Asylum.

  • *Carolyn Sinclair: Carolyn is an intern from a prestigious medical school on the inland.

Zombie Male Roles


  • *Alfred Fitzgerald: Diagnosed with Schizophrenia with Delusions of Persecution.

  • *Curtis Buchanan: Diagnosed with Kleptomania and Antisocial Personality Disorder.
  • *Dylan Manning: Diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Cotard Delusion.

  • *Gregory Bates: Diagnosed with Suicidal Depression.

  • *Jeremy Bowman: Diagnosed with Agoraphobia.

  • *Martin Robertson: Diagnosed with Schizophrenia with Delusions of Guilt.

  • *Nicholas Fuller: Diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder and Pyromania.

  • *Quentin Montgomery: Diagnosed with Schizophrenia with Grandiose Delusions.

  • *Brady McCormick: Diagnosed with Schizophrenia with Grandiose Delusions.

  • *Lucas Bishop: Diagnosed with Schizophrenia with Delusions of Control.

Zombie Female Roles


  • *Kendra Chapman: Diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder coupled with Bibliomania.

  • *Alison Townsend: Diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder.

  • *Cassandra Adkins: Diagnosed with total Amnesia.

  • *Heather Pittman: Diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

  • *Isabel Gomez: Diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder.

  • *Lillian Ericson: Diagnosed with Schizophrenia with Parasitic Delusions.

  • *Sabrina Ingram: Diagnosed with Schizophrenia with Paranoia.

  • *Vanessa Copeland: Diagnosed with Schizophrenia with Grandiose Religious Delusions.

  • *Wendy Barnes: Diagnosed with Schizophrenia with Delusions of Persecution.

Extra Players


  • *Investigator (male or female): Additional players have the option of playing the role of "Investigators". In this role the players are not suspects and do not have character backgrounds but can question the suspects and try to solve the mystery along with the other players.

This party kit is a downloadable PDF file that you print at home. It includes the following features:

  • An introduction that explains the basic principles of running a mystery-party and provides specific tips on props, menu items, sound effects, and special tips to help make your party exciting, memorable and easy to run
  • Step-by-step instructions on how to prepare for your party
  • A detailed party guidebook that will walk you through the event in a simple, easy-to-understand format
  • Instructions on how to run the party for a large group
  • Nametags and character sheets for each player – the character sheets include tips on costuming and role-playing, as well special goals and gossip unique to each character
  • Fully customizable invitations, complete with RSVP cards and guest lists
  • Voting sheets
  • Awards for your guests
  • And much more!

With your purchase of Murder in Manhattan you will also receive the following:

  • Step-by-step printing instructions
  • Two mp3 audio effects for use with your party
  • Instructions on how to use these audio clips to best effect

Follow these steps to host this mystery:

  1. Each guest will each assume the role of a particular character
    Mystery Parties involve a combination of improvisational acting, storytelling, and creative problem solving. Each guest will play the part of that character throughout the course of the game. Each character has specific personality traits, goals, secrets, and information, all of which are included in the character sheet; a big part of the fun is getting into character and taking on a new, exciting role. 
  2. A mysterious Event will occur
    At some point during the party, an Event will occur that will force the players to come together in order to solve a problem or unravel a mystery. Traditionally, the Event in question will be the murder of one of the characters (as played by a guest), but the parties crafted by Playing With Murder often use this basic framework to accommodate different types of Events, thereby ensuring that your guests will be surprised and entertained (even if they are veteran murder mystery party players). 
  3. Solve the mystery!
    Your guests will need to use the information that their characters know (as well as additional clues that are provided during the game) to solve the mystery or overcome the problem posed by the Event. Typically this culminates in the guests voting on the identity of the murderer, but again, different parties will have different specific goals. All of our parties also come complete with additional subgames (treasure hunts, unique character goals and special puzzles) that are guaranteed to keep the action intense and your guests motivated and focused.

Expanded Game For Large Groups

 

If you have extra players, there are two ways that you can accommodate everyone:

  • Investigator Role – Additional players have the option of playing the role of “Investigators”. In this role the players are not suspects and do not have character backgrounds but can question the suspects and try to solve the mystery along with the other players. Expanded Games include a PDF guide that explains how to use the Investigator role, as well as printable character sheets and name tags for anyone that is playing an Investigator.
  • Multiple Groups – It is also possible to break your guests up into groups and play multiple instances of the game at the same time. The game will more or less happen the same way; the host makes announcements and each group moves their game forward simultaneously based on the host’s instructions. It’s good to have one assistant in each group to answer questions and facilitate gameplay within the group. This method provides a more intimate experience for your guests, who get better acquainted with a smaller group and participate in a more digestible story.Please contact us if you’d like more information about how to run your party using the Multiple Groups method.

Both the standard and expanded games are included with the purchase of any game kit.

Read more about Expanded Games here

First time hosting a murder mystery party?

 

Visit our How to Host a Mystery Party page to get step-by-step instructions on how to prepare for your murder mystery party.

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